Ok, here we go again. 2004 Chevy Colorado Crew Cab.
At a couple hundred miles the truck was bouncing all over the place because "The Continental tires on the truck were out of round." Supposedly they replace all four. I know I had to take the truck in twice.
A little later, maybe 600-800 miles I noticed the truck pulled to one side. Supposedly it was a bad tire. I was not clear if it was replaced, but I'm guessing it was.
At about 15000 miles the truck was all over the road if you hit a bump and pulled badly to one side. Another tire. I was told it was replaced and the truck realigned. Steering wheel is now noticeably crooked. Like more than
15 degrees.At 17000 miles a back tire threw a tread and did between 600 and 1000 dollars damage to the truck. The tread looks almost like new. Well, in really good shape and it is evenly worn. In fact all the tires look good at a visual inspection.
I'm getting a little frustrated. This is 6+ tires replaced in 17000 miles. I vaguely recall something about some issues keeping the front end aligned on these trucks, but since the last one was a back I am beginning to suspect this is just a bad batch of tires.
Any suggestions. I just talked with a service writer and he said, "He would look into it." I'll give him the benefit of the doubt for a day, but, "I'll look into it," inspires me with little confidence.
What suggestions might you have?
I'm thinking to scrap the tires on the truck and take it over to Discount Tire Company and have some top quality light truck tires installed to replace the Continentals that came on the truck. Then run it over to an independent front end and suspension shop to check out the setup.